Re: laterals (was: Pharingials, /l/ vs. /r/ in Southeast Asia)

On 14 Feb 2004 at 0:18, Tristan McLeay wrote:

> As for Al, in Britain,
> Australia, and probably the rest of the civilised world :P, it's
> _aluminium_, with two Is, and pronounced rougly as you say.
FWIW I have /"a.l@'mIn.j@m/ natively and something like
/V.'lu:.mIn.@m/ when trying to make myself understood to the locals.
And it appears I'm another of those who simply cannot keep their nose
out of YAEPT, to my chagrin.




Paul